Even if they remain on five wins in a row, the Celtics could see their workforce move within the next few hours, before the transfer market closes. The franchise would like to lighten its finances in particular to avoid paying the “luxury tax”.
One of the names that comes up the most to leave is that of Dennis Schroder. The playmaker, replacing for two months, made his season with 14.4 points on average, but he did not bring a huge added value to Boston.
Since he only signed for a year (5.9 million dollars) and the Celtics will probably not offer him better this summer, it is an ideal bargaining chip. That is why, according to ESPNthe Bucks would have an eye on him.
The Bucks would also like Grant Williams
How to convince Brad Stevens to let go of his sixth man? Our colleagues specify that the Celtics would be interested in Donte DiVincenzo, whose future in Milwaukee is also unclear. The latter (paid 4.6 million dollars this season) will also be free this summer and the defending champions have been testing his value with certain franchises for a few days.
As the wages match, Keith Smith specifies that an exchange between the two players has been mentioned by the two franchises. But it blocks on the side of Boston because Milwaukee would like to add Grant Williams in the agreement. What the Celtics refuse.
The franchise of Wisconsin always has other complementary players like Rodney Hood, Wesley Mathews or Semi Ojeleye, a former member of the Celtic house, to try to seduce the Celtics and push them to let go of Dennis Schroder and Grant Williams. But not sure that’s enough…
luxury tax : in the NBA, the salary cap is not strict, and the NBA allows the richest franchises to exceed the threshold set with a tolerance margin of about 20%. In this case, next year, the franchises would normally have been able to spend up to $139 million. Then, for every dollar spent above this cap, franchises must pay the “luxury tax” to the NBA. A kind of tax that can be very expensive, and candidates for the title usually pay tens of millions of dollars each year. A sum then paid back to the franchises, good students, who did not pay the “luxury tax”.
Dennis Schroder | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
2013-14 | ATL | 49 | 13 | 38.3 | 23.8 | 67.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
2014-15 | ATL | 77 | 20 | 42.7 | 35.1 | 82.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 10.0 |
2015-16 | ATL | 80 | 20 | 42.1 | 32.2 | 79.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
2016-17 | ATL | 79 | 32 | 45.1 | 34.0 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 17.9 |
2017-18 | ATL | 67 | 31 | 43.6 | 29.0 | 84.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 19.4 |
2018-19 | OKAY | 79 | 29 | 41.4 | 34.1 | 81.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 15.5 |
2019-20 | OKAY | 65 | 31 | 46.9 | 38.5 | 83.9 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 18.9 |
2020-21 | ALL | 61 | 32 | 43.7 | 33.5 | 84.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 15.4 |
2021-22 | BOS | 47 | 30 | 43.6 | 34.3 | 84.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 14.3 |
Total | 604 | 27 | 43.6 | 33.7 | 83.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 14.3 |